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The homicide scene is about a block away from another murder that is still on the minds of many people in South Cumminsville.

Mark Hooten, 16, was shot and killed on Borden Street exactly four years to the day before last night’s shooting. Hooten died July 23, 2009, and his family held a vigil in the neighborhood Tuesday night to speak out against violence.

WLWT News Five’s Andrew Setters spoke to Mark Hooten’s grandmother Bernice Glenn. She has lived in the neighborhood for about 50 years and says she’s seen things change.

“When our kids were young like this, it wasn't like this,” Glenn said. She says there was a drive-by shooting in the neighborhood earlier in the week.

Glenn said her grandson was a good young man who would cut her grass and help other people in the neighborhood. She said the anti-violence message doesn’t seem to be sinking in for some people.

Cincinnati police are looking for a black male in his 20s, wearing a black skull cap, grey t-shirt and blue jean shorts in connection to last night’s deadly shooting of Gary Gilbert.